Exercise 4 for Lesson 14
A1 Learn: Express eating preferences, decide on different options and prices Irregular verbs: wollen/heißen/möchten, modal particle ‚doch‘ 4 Write the missing part of the verbsIf you can’t write ä, ö, ü, and ß then replace them with ae, oe, ue, and ss. Writing exercises are always case-sensitive and punctuation-sensitive. If your device automatically capitalizes, then simply press the shift ⇧ key. Grammar Modal particle “doch” uses and…...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 14
A1 Learn: Express eating preferences, decide on different options and prices Irregular verbs: wollen/heißen/möchten, modal particle ‚doch‘ 3 Match the pictures with the words Listen and repeat The hard and soft ch- sound macht – nichts braucht – ich Hochzeit – China Buch – München doch – nicht suchst – möchte kochen – sechzehn Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Lessons… Log in or...
Exercise 2 for Lesson 14
A1 Learn: Express eating preferences, decide on different options and prices Irregular verbs: wollen/heißen/möchten, modal particle ‚doch‘ Grammar Take a look at the irregular verbs heißen, wollen and möchten. The grey verb forms are the ones we’ve already learned. Regular forms are underlined in the 3 verbs that we focus on: regular rule ich …-edu…...
Exercise 4 for Lesson 13
A1 Learn: Get to know people, chat online Irregular modal verbs: können/müssen/mögen, enumeration in a sentence 4 Listen and connect the phrasesThe sentences you hear make sense if they go together with one of the options on the right Listen, drink 🥛 and repeat For this exercise you’ll need a cup of water (and…...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 13
A1 Learn: Get to know people, chat online Irregular modal verbs: können/müssen/mögen, enumeration in a sentence Grammar This line from the dialog is a good example for an enumeration in a sentence: Laura: … Du bist Paul, kannst gut kochen und magst Sport. She lists these different things in one sentence: 1) You are Paul…....
Exercise 2 for Lesson 13
A1 Learn: Get to know people, chat online Irregular modal verbs: können/müssen/mögen, enumeration in a sentence Grammar Modal verbs are words like can, must, and like. They show possibility, ability, intent, obligation, or necessity. If a sentence has one of these, it most likely has another verb, too. Let’s see how to conjugate three of…...
Exercise 4 for Lesson 12
A1 Learn: Online profiles, understand descriptions of people Irregular verbs: sein/haben, sentence type summary: declarative sentence, W-question sentence, yes/no-question sentence Grammar You can see that we’ve already learned most verb forms of the irregular verbs sein and haben: regular ruleich …-edu …-ster, sie, es …-twir …-enihr …-tsie/Sie …-en sein (to be)ich bindu bister, sie, es…...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 12
A1 Learn: Online profiles, understand descriptions of people Irregular verbs: sein/haben, sentence type summary: declarative sentence, W-question sentence, yes/no-question sentence 3 Choose the right words Paul’s father is nagging. Make sense of his thoughts by choosing the right options for the blanks. Listen and repeat In German, these double consonants exist: bb, dd,…...
Exercise 2 for Lesson 12
A1 Learn: Online profiles, understand descriptions of people Irregular verbs: sein/haben, sentence type summary: declarative sentence, W-question sentence, yes/no-question sentence Grammar Declarative sentence 1) the subject(who/what is doing something?) WirWe 2) the verb(what are they doing?) gehengo 3) the rest of the sentence(when, where, what, etc.) einkaufen.shopping. W-question sentence 1) w-question word(wer, wie, wo, was,…...
Exercise 4 for Lesson 11
A1 Learn: Give and receive advice as well as a gift Articles kein/keine VS ein/eine, nein VS nicht VS kein Learning suggestion The total amount of new words per episode varies slightly. But the number of new words you’re supposed to study is leveling off at 16 ± 2 per episode. A very important…...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 11
A1 Learn: Give and receive advice as well as a gift Articles kein/keine VS ein/eine, nein VS nicht VS kein Grammar Let’s complete the negative forms: We make verbs negative with NICHT:Ich bin nicht Igor. I am not Igor. We use NICHT also for adjectives:Meili ist nicht verheiratet. Meili is not married. NEIN is just…...
Exercise 2 for Lesson 11
A1 Learn: Give and receive advice as well as a gift Articles kein/keine VS ein/eine, nein VS nicht VS kein Grammar The negative article kein is the opposite of ein. Ein means “a“, and kein means “not a” or “not any“: Ist das ein Job?Is this a job? →→ Nein. Das ist kein Job.No. This…...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 10
A1 Learn: Ask for names and origin, talk about languages German indefinite articles (ein, eine), countries VS people VS languages (Turkey, Turk, Turkish) Listen and repeat In lesson 9, we already touched on the topic of diphthongs. They are sounds that are made from two different sounds. These are the most common ones: au,…...
Exercise 2 for Lesson 10
A1 Learn: Ask for names and origin, talk about languages German indefinite articles (ein, eine), countries VS people VS languages (Turkey, Turk, Turkish) Grammar Like in English, the words for countries, languages, and nationalities are different: country language nationality Finnland Finnisch der FinneMexiko Spanisch der Mexikaner And also, some country nouns have an article (der,…...
Quick quiz for Lesson 10
A1 Learn: Ask for names and origin, talk about languages German indefinite articles (ein, eine), countries VS people VS languages (Turkey, Turk, Turkish) Remember: no more training wheels! Writing exercises are case-sensitive and punctuation-sensitive. If your device automatically capitalizes, then simply press the shift ⇧ key. Quick QuizEvery now and then we throw you in a…...
Exercise 4 for Lesson 9
A1 Learn: Talk about professions, spell names, alphabet part 3 The yes/no-question sentence & demonstrative pronouns More grammar The articles der, die, and das can also be used as demonstrative pronouns. In that case, they are almost always at the beginning of the sentence, and cannot be translated with „the“. See how they’re used to…...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 9
A1 Learn: Talk about professions, spell names, alphabet part 3 The yes/no-question sentence & demonstrative pronouns Grammar When you ask something in a way that one can only answer with yes or no, your sentence has this basic structure: 1) the verb(what are they doing?) Hast 2) the subject(who/what is doing something?) du 3) the…...
Exercise 2 for Lesson 9
A1 Learn: Talk about professions, spell names, alphabet part 3 The yes/no-question sentence & demonstrative pronouns Hint The letters ß and ss sound the same, but are not used in the same way: ss comes after a short vowel (a, e, i, o, u) or umlaut (ä, ö, ü): Russland, muss, wissen, Stress, tschüss ß comes after…...
Exercise 3 for Lesson 8
Talk about family, alphabet part 2
The w-question sentence & verb conjugations plural: (wir, ihr, sie, Sie) kommen / kommt, wohnen / wohnt, arbeiten / arbeitet
Exercise 2 for Lesson 8
Talk about family, alphabet part 2
The w-question sentence & verb conjugations plural: (wir, ihr, sie, Sie) kommen / kommt, wohnen / wohnt, arbeiten / arbeitet